January 2006 | JMBM Media Mentions | Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchel LLP

January, 2006 Media Mentions

Global Hospitality Group® Global Hospitality Advisor: 2006: Hospitality Industry Outlook

Butler: I think we are all in agreement that 2005 has been a very “interesting” year for the hospitality industry. Construction prices have continued to soar upward, the Bureau of Economic Analysis has revised GDP data a bit downward and natural disasters have continued to flow. Even so, RevPAR is up, consumer demand is strong, […]

Global Hospitality Group® Global Hospitality Advisor: Ask The Hotel Lawyer: Jury Trial Waivers

“Ask the Hotel Lawyer”™ is a regular feature column of the Global Hospitality Advisor®, providing practical insight into timely legal issues. In this column, Jim Butler answers questions about jury trial waivers and the recent California Supreme Court decision on the issue. Advisor: What’s all the recent furor about jury trial waivers? Jim Butler: In […]

Global Hospitality Group® Global Hospitality Advisor: Hospitality: FAQ's on STR Hotel Data

The Global Hospitality Advisor® caught up with Smith Travel Research’s Mark Lamanno and posed some “Frequently Asked Questions” or FAQs about the industry’s leading information and data provider. Advisor: Mark, in a nutshell, what does Smith Travel Research do? Mark Lamanno: Smith Travel Research (STR) is the lodging industry’s leading information and data provider. STR […]